A group six of leading entertainment industry insiders and activists affirmed that the goal of gender equity in Hollywood can be achieved if women continue to insist on change, at a Wrap panel focused on gender equity at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
“Every time you ask difficult questions about this topic you create an uncomfortable atmosphere,” said panelist Anna Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute, a public entity that finances film in Sweden. But Serner said it was imperative to “count, count, count” the number of women to get to fully 50-50 equity. “Forty-sixty is...Read more ...